B.A. (HONOURS) HISTORY - University of Delhi

B.A. (HONOURS) HISTORY

(Three Year Full Time Programme)

COURSE CONTENTS (Effective from the Academic Year 2011-2012 onwards)

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY UNIVERSITY OF DELHI DELHI ? 110007.

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University of Delhi

Course: B.A. (Hons.) History

Semester I

Paper I ? History of India-I

Paper-II- Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Ancient World

Paper III - Concurrent ? Qualifying Language

Semester II

Paper IV ? History of India-II

Paper V ? Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Medieval World

Paper VI - Concurrent ? Credit Language

Semester III

Paper VII ? History of India-III (c. 750-1206) Paper VIII ? Rise of Modern West-I

Paper IX ? Note:

Students can take any one of the following sets. But they should opt the same paper from the next semester sets.

Paper IX (a) I : History Of United States Of America (C. 1776 ? 1945)

Paper IX (b) I : History Of The USSR (c. 1917- 1964)

Paper IX (c) I : History Of Africa (c. 1500 ? 1960s)

Paper IX (d) I : History Of Southeast Asia ? The 19th Century

Paper X - Concurrent ? Interdisciplinary

Paper XI- History of India-IV (c. 1206-1550) Semester IV Paper XII- Rise of Modern West-II

Paper XIII ?

Paper XIII (a) II : History Of The United States Of America (C. 1776 ? 1945)

Paper XIII (b) II : History Of The USSR (c. 1917 ? 1964s)

Paper XIII (c) II : History Of Latin America (c. 1500 ? 1960s) Paper XIII (d) II : History Of Southeast Asia - The 20th Century

Note: It is desirable that each college offers more than one option out of the four listed above

Paper XIV - Concurrent ? Discipline Centered I

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Semester V

Paper XV- History of India-V (c. 1550-1605) Paper XVI ? History of India-VI (c. 1750-1857) Paper XVII ? History of China & Japan ? I (c. 1840-1949) Paper XVIII ? History of Modern Europe I (c. 1780-1939)

Semester VI

Paper XIX ? History of India-VII (c. 1605-1750) Paper XX- History of India-VIII (c. 1857-1950) Paper XXI- History of China & Japan ? II (c. 1840-1949)

Paper XXII - History of Modern Europe ?II (1780-1939)

Paper XXIII - Concurrent ? Discipline Centered II

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SEMESTER BASED UNDER-GRADUATE HONOURS COURSES

Distribution of Marks & Teaching Hours

The Semester-wise distribution of papers for the B.A. (Honours), . (Honours), B. Com., B.Sc. (Honours) Statistics and B.Sc. (Honours) Computer Science will be as follows:

Type of Paper

Max. Marks

Theory Exam.

I.A.

Teaching per

week

Main Papers

100

75

25

5 Lectures

1 Tutorial

Concurrent Courses

100

75

25

4 Lectures

1 Tutorial

Credit Courses for

100

B.Sc.(Hons.)

Mathematics

75

25

4 Lectures

1 Tutorial

Size of the Tutorial Group will be in accordance with the existing norms. The existing syllabi of all Concurrent/Credit Courses shall remain

unchanged. The existing criteria for opting for the Concurrent /Credit Courses shall also

remain unchanged.

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B.A. (HONOURS) ? I

PAPER I : SEMESTER I

HISTORY OF INDIA I

I.

Reconstructing Ancient Indian History

[a] Early Indian notions of History

[b] Sources and tools of historical reconstruction.

[c] Historical interpretations (with special reference to gender,

environment, technology, and regions).

II. Pre-historic hunter-gatherers [a] Palaeolithic cultures- sequence and distribution; stone industries and other technological developments. [b] Mesolithic cultures- regional and chronological distribution; new developments in technology and economy; rock art.

III. The advent of food production Understanding the regional and chronological distribution of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures : subsistence, and patterns of exchange.

IV. The Harappan civilization : Origins; settlement patterns and town planning; agrarian base; craft productions and trade; social and political organisation; religious beliefs and practices; art; the problem of urban decline and the late/post-Harappan traditions.

V. Cultures in transition-settlement patterns, technological and economic developments; social stratification; political relations; religion and philosophy; the Aryan Problem. [a] North India (circa 1500 BCE-300 BCE) [b] Central India and the Deccan (circa 1000 BCE ? circa 300 BCE) [c] Tamilakam (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300)

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